CHAMPCAR/CART: Team Rahal breaks ground on race shop expansion

HILLIARD, OHIO . . . Team Rahal, a franchise member of Championship Auto
Racing Teams (CART), will break ground later this week on a new
multi-million dollar state-of-the-art race shop adjacent to the team's
Hilliard, Ohio location.
The 22,000...

HILLIARD, OHIO . . . Team Rahal, a franchise member of Championship Auto
Racing Teams (CART), will break ground later this week on a new
multi-million dollar state-of-the-art race shop adjacent to the team's
Hilliard, Ohio location.

The 22,000 square foot addition will serve as the base of operation for Team
Rahal in the preparation of it's livery of Champ Cars for driver's Max Papis
and Kenny Brack for competition in the FedEx Championship Series. The new
race shop is the first phase of a planned 50,000 square foot expansion that
will comprise Team Rahal's headquarters for years to come.

"We have experienced phenomenal growth at Team Rahal over the last few
seasons and one of the results has been that we have outgrown our current
facility," said three-time CART champion and team owner Bobby Rahal. "When
we first began discussing the addition to our current shop it quickly became
clear that our needs had grown to the point where we needed to design and
build a race shop that will not only meet the needs of the team in 2001 but
for years to come."

Fans of Team Rahal can follow the construction process with weekly
photographic updates on Team Rahal's website, www.rahal.com
<http://www.rahal.com> .

Columbus, Ohio based Reiner Construction will serve as the general
contractor for the project. Founded in 1980 Renier Construction has grown
to become one of Central Ohio's top commercial construction companies.
Reiner Construction has completed high profile Central Ohio projects for a
number of clients including American Electric Power (AEP), Ball Corporation,
Ross Laboratories and The Galbreath Company. Completion of the Team Rahal
race shop is expected midway through the 2001 CART season.

The current 30,000 square foot Team Rahal facility was built in 1984 and was
originally designed for the Hilliard, Ohio based Truesports Racing team and
their young driver Bobby Rahal. When Truesports disbanded in 1992 Rahal
leased the building and moved the operation of his then Indianapolis based
team Rahal/Hogan Racing into the facility.

Team Rahal is a franchise member of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART).
Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, the team co-owned by three-time CART
Champion Bobby Rahal and CBS LATE SHOW host David Letterman currently fields
a pair of Championship Cars for Max Papis and Kenny Brack in the CART FedEx
Championship Series. The 90-member team enjoys primary sponsorship from
Miller Brewing Company and the Texaco/Shell Alliance with the Shell brand.